1920s–1940s Newspaper Comics and Illustrations Including "Strange as It Seems"
Item Details
An assortment of vintage newspaper comics, illustrations, advertisements and other clippings, dating from the 1920s through the 1940s. This thirty-two-piece collection includes numerous color Sunday comic strips from series such as Strange as It Seems, Vignettes of Life, Dick Tracy and more. Other highlights include the front page from a September 1, 1935 ‘Quintuplet Extra’ of the Denver News, featuring color illustrations of the Dionne quintuplets; and ‘Frolics of Florabel’, a short narrative poem about flappers by Berton Braley with color illustrations by George J. Kerr.
Condition
- to fair; water damage to Quintuplet Extra page; page yellowing; some uneven edges where clipping was cut or torn from paper; some creasing and minor tears; general light wear; all pieces presented in plastic sleeves with cardboard backing.
Dimensions
- measures largest.
Item #
17DEN152-201
